Chapter 15 Grain Transportation
"What? 210,000 catties of corn?" Old Wu's wide mouth almost scared his front teeth, what is the concept of 210,000 catties of corn? It should be a small mountain!
"Are these all used to relieve the victims? This lord is really a good man!" There are not many villagers, some good men and women of the villagers, have whispered and exclaimed, when they came, the old Wu Tou had already told everyone to go into the city to buy grain, but I didn't expect these two lords to be so arrogant, as soon as they made a move, it was 210,000 catties of grain, and they couldn't help but pop up the words lord, great good people, and so on.
"Pinch people!"
Li Xiangfeng panicked when he saw that the guys in the grain store caught the fainting Qian Datou, and he didn't know what to do, so he had to remind him kindly.
Immediately, the guy from the grain store rolled up his sleeves and began to pinch the nasolabial fold of Qian Datou.
When he was young, Qian Datou woke up.
Qian Datou, who woke up in a daze, still saw Li Xiangfeng, Adjutant Zhang and others who were "caring" about him, as well as the poor and sour people around him, it seemed that what had just happened was not his dream, and he was helpless mixed with a sad expression on his face.
This morning, in order to pass on the heroic deeds of the righteous businessmen in Beiyang City, especially the selfless spirit of the two princes of the money shopkeeper and the Zhou shopkeeper to the emperor, this lord has sent 800 miles to expedite the good news back to the capital, if the money shopkeeper is unconscious, this lord can't buy food and can't help the victims outside the city, this is the crime of bullying the king!"
As soon as the big head of Qian woke up with his eyes that he didn't want to open, he saw Li Xiangfeng in front of him, and then he only heard Li Xiangfeng talk a lot.
The others didn't hear anything, and the last "crime of bullying the king" made Qian Datou shudder.
The sin of deceitful king! It is the sin of killing the head! This lord hated enough to bring this hat to himself.
Thump!
Qian Datou came to his senses, his round body knelt down very standardly, fell to Li Xiangfeng, squeezed out a look of crying bitterly, and cried: "Sir! My Qian family is dedicated to the country, and never dares to commit any crime of bullying the king! The 210,000 catties of corn, this granary should be enough, and the villain will bring it to the sir!"
Qian Datou cried and shouted to the guys on both sides of him: "Don't hurry up and open the granary and carry the grain for the lord!"
Qian Datou has been a sleek person all his life, and he is also shrewd in his work! Even the two guards and garrisons of Beiyang City will affectionately call Qian Datou "Qian Datou" when they see him, but this kind of superficial thing is really not worth mentioning in the face of absolute rights.
Especially under the overwhelming threat of "imperial power", any shrewdness and tactfulness are not on the table. Although Qian Datou regards wealth as his life, but that is only regarded, when it is really a life-threatening moment, anyone will abandon everything just to survive.
"Let's follow them to carry the grain! There is another place to go, and the speed must be fast, and strive to transport all the grain out before dark!" After receiving Li Xiangfeng's instructions, Lao Wutou ran to the villagers and shouted loudly, quickly and effectively organized the villagers to start following the grain shop guys to open the granary and carry the corn.
On the other side, Li Xiangfeng walked to Qian Datou, who was staring at the granary in a daze with empty eyes.
"Money shopkeeper, Ben Jue said that he was buying grain, that is, buying grain, and he would definitely not lose a penny of you!" After speaking, Li Xiangfeng took out a few gold coin exchange coupons from his pocket and handed them to Qian Datou.
"This is 15,000 gold coins, and Lord Ben only buys 110,000 catties of corn from you
The rest is naturally bought from Shopkeeper Zhou, how can it be wet with rain and dew!" Li Xiangfeng still looked at Qian Datou with a smile on his face.
When the distracted Qian Datou heard Li Xiangfeng say this, his heart was grateful and excited, but he still shirked with both hands, shook his head again and again, and did not dare to take the gold coin exchange coupon handed over by Li Xiangfeng.
"This can't be done, this can't be done!"
It seems that Qian Datou has been bluffed by Li Xiangfeng, and he has even forgotten the spirit that he can sacrifice himself for money.
Li Xiangfeng had to sigh again at the charm of this "imperial power", thinking that the scene when he bought grain in Nanyang City was really a different taste, if it weren't for Qin Tianxin and Zhao Wu thinking of this situation at that time, and running over to suppress those grain merchants, I'm afraid things would have been a different scene.
Thinking of this, Li Xiangfeng unconsciously looked up at the south.
"Presumably Tianxin has returned to Nanyang City now!" Li Xiangfeng muttered.
"Sir, what are you talking about? What else do you have to order?" When Qian Datou took the gold coin exchange coupons tremblingly, he heard Li Xiangfeng muttering something in his mouth, and thought that Li Xiangfeng had something to order, so he said respectfully.
"Oh! It's okay! It's okay! This lord is just touching the scene!" Li Xiangfeng looked back to his senses, showed a wry smile, and then said: "The money shopkeeper's righteous act today, this lord will definitely not live up to it, the family will report to the court, and I hope that the money shopkeeper will think more about the court and the people, and the price of this grain will also be appropriately slowed down in the future, just imagine if the people in the city are starved and crazy, and there is something about the people, the first thing to suffer is your grain! I'm afraid that when the time comes, the money shopkeeper will be lit by these hungry and crazy people!" Li Xiangfeng said some words that became more and more terrifying, and such ferocious words as lighting the lamp also came out.
And Qian Datou can only nod frequently on the side.
Seeing that Qian Datou kept nodding his head, Li Xiangfeng naturally didn't understand whether he really listened. I hope he can listen to it, but Li Xiangfeng also understands that this matter of grain price is not something that Qian Datou has the final say.
Among the merchants' associations in every city, if Lei Li had acted alone, I am afraid that he would not have made such a big business.
Qian Datou took Li Xiangfeng's gold coin exchange coupon, and the monstrous gratitude in his heart was heartfelt, although these money were not a huge amount of money for him, but their meaning was completely different.
Since the lord gave the money as usual, this shows that the lord is still a sensible lord, and he just relies on his own rights to squeeze them, otherwise even if there is more food, it will not be enough to be squeezed by the lord like this.
These 15,000 gold coins are very relevant according to today's grain prices, but the majority of the money understands that this grain price is nothing more than raised by them, the grain merchants.
And the price of the grain hoarded by these merchants cannot reach such a level at all, and the 110,000 catties of corn that the lord took away is almost this price, and it seems that the lord has touched the price of corn almost the same.
These two brushes are really not enough to brush the shoes of the lord.
Thinking about this, Qian Datou was a little relieved.
After secretly instructing the innkeeper to report to Shopkeeper Zhou, Qian Datou tightly held the gold coin exchange coupon and dragged back to the grain shop with heavy steps.
Li Xiangfeng and Yu Yan took this person to another street, and naturally brought Adjutant Zhang with him this time, saving a lot of trouble.
It seems that Shopkeeper Zhou has gotten the news, although he has an expression of wanting to die on his face, but the actions of his subordinates are quite quick, and 110,000 catties of corn will be transported out in a while.
Lao Wu Tou and the more than 200 villagers were still not enough, so he had to borrow some carriages from the grain shop, and Adjutant Zhang's soldiers temporarily became coachmen and began to transport corn.
Such a large line of people, pulling a cart of grain, drove out of the city!
The emaciated people of the city, not knowing what was going on, were bold enough to raise their voices and ask for an answer, which made them ecstatic.
One spread ten, ten spread hundreds, and the people in the city spread in all directions.
"The emperor sent Lord Qincha to buy the grain in the city, and he wants to open a warehouse outside the city to release the grain!" Many people who knew the news began to gather behind the convoy into a black and oppressive wave of people, and followed Li Xiangfeng's grain transportation brigade to the outside of the city.
Later, when the people got the news, they rushed out of the city when they heard the news.
After hearing the news of the disaster relief, these people who had no next meal were like being injected with fresh vitality, radiating a completely different vitality, dragging their families and mouths, carrying their old mothers, and leading their children to rush out of the city as if they were rushing to the market.
Such a huge "movement" directly reached the ears of the two leading figures in Beiyang City, Taishou and Garrison.
"What are these two messengers doing? Are they really paying out of their pockets for disaster relief?"
This is the question that Taishou asked after hearing the news.
"What are these two going to do? You go check quickly, so that the city gate garrison is ready for nothing!
This was the order given by the garrison after hearing the news.
The other wealthy gentry felt incredible, and many people had already privately sent servants to inquire about the news, and even those storytellers, chroniclers, and people rushed out of the city after hearing this important news.
The day was very confusing for those outside the city.
Or rather, happiness came too suddenly, and at noon, I saw a group of people hurrying through the disaster gathering area with various vehicles of various sizes and walking towards the city.
There were even quite a few elderly people who kindly said to those victims of the disaster, hold on, and bring you food later! The emperor has sent a messenger to help you!
I have heard too many such words, and those who have fled from their places of residence are said by the county lords, and after coming here, those high-ranking officials and lords have also said this.
But having said that, more and more people are dying of starvation, and many people are even dying of fighting and grabbing food.
However, the relief promised by the imperial court was not seen for a long time, and the grain transported by a group of horses that had recently arrived was directly unloaded into the city, and the victims of the disaster only drank a bowl of thin rice porridge, the kind that could still count the grains of rice.
The villagers who were driving the carts into the city did not know these things, and when they heard that their job this time was to pull food from outside the city to cook for the victims, many people expressed their heartfelt gratitude to the two young lords.
These victims are so pitiful, they live in a nearby village, but they can see with their own eyes how these scrawny villagers live.
But life in his own village is not easy, so there is no way to help these victims, although some of the victims have bad intentions and try to steal the food in the village, but after being caught by the villagers, they will not do anything to these poor victims.
In order to reduce similar conflicts, nearby villages have also organized villagers to watch over the village all night and disperse the suspicious victims one by one.
Of course, there have been bloodsheds, but only in a few places.
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